tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9814112.post3663300829663827415..comments2024-02-13T00:50:40.641+08:00Comments on From Where I am.........Kuala Lumpur: Explosion at Empire Shopping Gallery in Subang JayaHappySurferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01444290549991093661noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9814112.post-88674470291471212812011-10-01T00:31:53.580+08:002011-10-01T00:31:53.580+08:00I was a guest on the 12th floor of the Empire hote...I was a guest on the 12th floor of the Empire hotel at the time and couldn't sleep Wednesday morning and was finishing some work on my laptop when at 3.40 the whole building shook for a couple of seconds as if in an earthquake accompanied by the most tremendous noise!<br />Given the time and the shock of the violence of the event it is forgiveable that it took some minutes for people to react. However, the only alarm raised was one of the hotel/Mall (it's all one complex) security walking up and down the relevant corridors (very) intermittantly blowing a whistle. There was no general fire or evacuation alarm, which, given the size and age of the hotel was scandalous! With very little response to the rather feeble use of the footbal whistle another security guard came on the scene and put a little more effort into raising the alarm. My colleague, two doors down the corridor from me wasn't aware of the incident - he believed he was dreaming - and went back to sleep. It was some minutes later that a member of the hotel staff opened his door with a Master Key and roused him.<br />During this time I was evacuating the building down the emergency staircase. The lack of basic fire security was terrible. All the fire doors were propped open with sacks of concrete, buckets and other general building materials. The stairs were obstructed with these materials and with sand and other bits and pieces on them they were somewhat dangerous to descend. In addition, having made an albeit fraught descent at one of the lower levels (I forget which one!) the stair suddenly were halved in their width creating a bottleneck.<br />We were told to assemble in the surface car-park across the road and eventually after some three hours somebody attempted to communicate with us all but he had no 'loud-hailer' type of device and his voice wasn't strong enough. We were moved around with no co-ordination between the police and hotel staff/security people.<br />I appreciate that it's easy for me to critise from my home back in UK some two and a half days after the event (hindsight is a wonderful thing!) but surely the hotel management should have performed some form of evacuation drill prior to opening, in order to get their operating certificate.<br />My thoughts go to the people who were injured. Thank God the injuries were only minor but the shock must have been terrible and I'm sure it will remain with them.<br />Questions need to be asked of course, about the cause of the explosion and procedures need to be developed to try to prevent it happening again, with maybe more serious results. However, many questions have to be asked about the emergency procedures currently in place at the Empire Hotel!Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9814112.post-62450250655475443802011-09-30T12:01:33.749+08:002011-09-30T12:01:33.749+08:00on dear..
I cant rem exactly where is this plac...on dear.. <br /><br />I cant rem exactly where is this place.. I normally stay at Novotel KLRobin CHANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12980108678986165599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9814112.post-45018449591823989752011-09-29T02:04:22.390+08:002011-09-29T02:04:22.390+08:00Feel sorry for the business owners there. Such a b...Feel sorry for the business owners there. Such a bad news to them!foongpchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592884550810521137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9814112.post-80705465611678532452011-09-29T02:03:40.122+08:002011-09-29T02:03:40.122+08:00I can't imagine how horrible it would be if th...I can't imagine how horrible it would be if the explosion happened during peak shopping period. It would be really tragic then!foongpchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592884550810521137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9814112.post-57378825128669091082011-09-28T22:57:25.827+08:002011-09-28T22:57:25.827+08:00Lucky for the few with minor injuries but teruk fo...Lucky for the few with minor injuries but teruk for the 180 tenants biz interrupted.இ Baŋäŋaz இhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759912732442771311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9814112.post-50592200836197422192011-09-28T21:29:05.080+08:002011-09-28T21:29:05.080+08:00this is a serious one.. but good thing it happened...this is a serious one.. but good thing it happened in the wee hours and injuries cut to the minimum..[SK]https://www.blogger.com/profile/01863360136363789539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9814112.post-860018748681773092011-09-28T20:28:41.032+08:002011-09-28T20:28:41.032+08:00Good thing the explosion didn't happen when sh...Good thing the explosion didn't happen when shoppers are in the mall. That would be scary!linahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17273605189937933589noreply@blogger.com